YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am)—Armenian prosecutors have paved the way for the trial of Catholicos Karekin II on charges brought in February amid Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s efforts to depose the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Karekin II was indicted and banned from leaving Armenia one day after Pashinyan pledged to prevent an episcopal conference organized by the church. The conference took place in his absence in Austria later in …
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